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Not yet imagined : a study of Hubble space telescope operations /

Chris Gainor, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2020

"Dr. Christopher Gainor's Not Yet Imagined documents the history of NASA's Hubble Space Telescope (HST) from launch in 1990 through 2019. This is considered a follow-on book to Robert W. Smith's The Space Telescope: A Study of NASA, Science, Tec[...]

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Making the invisible visible : a history of the Spitzer Infrared telescope Facility (1971-2003)

Renee M. Rottner, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2017

In the early 1970s, there was a small group of advocates for an infrared space telescope; however, the field of infrared astronomy was only a few years old, and no one had ever built a space-based observatory of the required complexity. Consider[...]

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The Saturn system through the eyes of Cassini

[S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | 2017

Over a period of 13 years, Cassini has captured about 450,000 spectacular images within the Saturn system, providing new views of the “lord of the rings” and a plethora of iconic images. To honor the art and science of Cassini, this book was dev[...]

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Science advice to NASA : conflict, consensus, partnership, leadership

Joseph K. Alexander, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2017

NASA has a long tradition of interacting closely with and inviting advice from the scientific community, which is integral to the culture of its scientific programs. In this newly published monograph, the author looks at two main sources of scie[...]

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Walking to Olympus : an EVA chronology, 1977-2011

Julie B. Ta ; Robert C. Trevino | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2016

Following the first volume of Walking to Olympus: An EVA Chronology, which recounted the period from the first spacewalks in 1965 to the end of the Shuttle-Mir program in 1997, this second volume of Walking to Olympus spans the period from 1997 [...]

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Walking to Olympus : an EVA chronology, 1997-2011

Julie B. Ta, Author ; Robert C. Trevino, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2016

Walking to Olympus : an EVA chronology, 1997-2011

Julie B. Ta, Author ; Robert C. Trevino, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2016

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Economic development of low Earth orbit

Patrick Besha, Editor ; Alexander MacDonald, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | 2016

This collection of papers identifies a number of important policy questions that will be of rising importance as NASA transitions human spaceflight in LEO to the private sector, as well as a number of economic analysis methods for addressing tho[...]

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Chronology of wakeup calls

Colin Fries, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | 2015

Lists all the songs NASA ever played to wake up American astronauts in space

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Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2014

Are we alone? asks the writeup on the back cover of the dust jacket. The contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extrate[...]

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Archaeology, anthropology, and interstellar communication /

Douglas A. Vakoch, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2014

Are we alone? asks the writeup on the back cover of the dust jacket. The contributors to this collection raise questions that may have been overlooked by physical scientists about the ease of establishing meaningful communication with an extrate[...]

Historical analogs for the stimulation of space commerce

Roger D. Launius, Author | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2014

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"Before this decade is out..." : personal refelections on the Apollo program

Glen E. Swanson, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2012

On July 20, 1969, the human race accomplished its single greatest technological achievement of all time when a human first set foot to another celestial body. Six hours after landing at 4:17 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time (with less than 30 seconds [...]

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Toward a history of the space shuttle : an annotated bibliography, part 2 (1992-2011)

National Aeronautics and Space Administration., Issuing body | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2012

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Remembering the giants : Apollo rocket propulsion development

Steven C. Fisher, Editor ; Shamim A. Rahman, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2009

Exploring the unknown : selected documents in the history of the U.S. civil space program. Vol. 7, human spaceflight: projects Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo

John M. Logsdon, Editor ; Roger D. Launius, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2008

Remembering the space age

Steven J. Dick | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration | 2008

From the Publisher: Proceedings of October 2007 conference, sponsored by the NASA History Division and the National Air and Space Museum, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Sputnik 1 launch in October 1957 and the dawn of the space age.

Mars wars : the rise and fall of the Space Exploration Initiative

Thor Hogan | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2007

Winner of the 2007 AIAA History Manuscript Award.

U.S. human spaceflight : a record of achievement, 1961-2006

Judy A. Rumerman, Editor ; United States., Editor ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration., Editor ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration, Editor | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2007

This handy and richly illustrated reference work is an updating of the similarly titled Monograph 9 that was published in 1998.

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William H. Pickering : America's deep space pioneer

Douglas J. Mudgway | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2007

Unconventional, contrary, and ugly : the lunar landing research vehicle

Gene J. Matranga ; Wayne Ottinger ; United States. ; Calvin R. Jarvis ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2006

Low-cost innovation in spaceflight : the Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR Shoemaker mission

Howard E. McCurdy | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2005

NASA and the environment : the case of ozone depletion

W. Henry Lambright | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2005

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Project Apollo : the tough decisions

Robert C. Jr. Seamans ; United States. ; National Aeronautics and Space Administration. ; History Office National aeronautics and Space Administration | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | Monographs in Aerospace History | 2005

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Rockets and people

Boris Chertok | [S.l.] : National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA History Program Office | NASA History Series | 2005

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